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Kurt Cobain’s death was officially ruled a suicide over twenty years ago, but hey, crazy conspiracy theorists will be crazy conspiracy theorists. Last year, Seattle police reviewed the case and examined four previously undeveloped rolls of 35mm film of the crime scene and came to the same conclusion of suicide, and they released some previously unseen photos (including some utterly horrifying ones) to the public in an attempt to put the matter to rest for good.

Will the mystery finally be solved? Debris in Indian Ocean checked for MH370 ties. Apparent airplane debris found off the coast of Reunion island, a French department in the western Indian Ocean, is being examined to see if it is connected to the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a member of the French…

The discovery of remains at historic Jamestown may provide new details about the nation’s earliest settlers. Source: Jamestown excavation unearths four bodies — and a mystery in a small box Highway traffic was halted west of Bisbee earlier this month when one of the Southwest’s most iconic animals made a leisurely path across the roadway. Source:…

See UPDATE below. Cambridge Professor Peter Wadhams suspects the deaths of the three scientists were more than just an ‘extraordinary’ coincidence. Source: Three scientists investigating melting Arctic ice may have been assassinated, professor claims. A Cambridge Professor has made the astonishing claim that three scientists investigating the melting of Arctic ice may have been assassinated…

Anti-vax sites say that death of measles is so rare, it’s barely worth talking about. Until a totally preventable death rolls around. And why ignore all the hospitalizations and complications from measles – also preventable with vaccinations. If less people get vaccinated, measles will spread and MORE deaths than one or two will occur. This…

When you can’t be a legitimate medical doctor, you can always turn alternative… Dr. Anette Horstmann lost her medical license earlier this year after 23 different malpractice cases from colleagues and pharmacists (not patients) over a two year period. Most of the cases are about her lax prescription methods, where pharmacists and other doctors claim…

This is a great example of how even when faced with hard scientific evidence, some people just refuse to give up their cherished worldviews. You can make excuses for EVERYTHING, even fish fossils found in ancient rock. Whoops! A creationist museum supporter stumbled upon a major fossil find. Canadian Edgar Nernberg isn’t into the whole…

Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor species. Upper and lower jaw fossils recovered from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of Ethiopia have been assigned to the new species Australopithecus deyiremeda. Australopithecus deyiremeda | Cleveland Museum of Natural History Everybody from Woody Harrelson to Kanye West…

It’s being called the “literary discovery of the century”. If we know anything here at DN, we know to be suspicious of hyperbole. ‘True face of Shakespeare’ appears in botany book. A 400-year-old botany book contains what could be the only known portrait of Shakespeare made in his lifetime, according to an academic expert. Botanist…

A woman has a bizarre and troubling condition. It seems a true mystery. Hawaii woman who bleeds from eyes and tongue is desperate for answers Linnie Ikeda has already been diagnosed with one, rare disorder, but a symptom later emerged that is as puzzling as it is shocking. Dozens of doctors cannot figure out why…

There was this news story: Some beards as dirty as toilets. And it riled people up causing them to share many and various links with pictures of beards. Well, it was crap. No need for men to get flush-faced about faeces in beards. According to multiple news sites, beards can contain more poo than a…

In an update to this story from June 2014, Lacey Spears is convicted of deliberately poisoning her son, killing him. “The motive is bizarre, the motive is scary, but it exists,” Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy said in closing arguments Thursday. “She apparently craved the attention of her family, her friends, her co-workers and most…

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links. Mr. Flare Explains: What Color The Dress Is. ‘Dr. Dino’ Hovind trial begins Monday. Blind Ester dog found alive after 2 weeks in cold 400 men cut their testicles off believing it would help them meet God State cancels Darwin Days events after Intelligent Design…

Antivaxers threaten to leave Facebook in droves after book review from the big Z. The Rational Paranormal: Don’t get your Hampton Court. New FREE eBook: Magic in the Classroom: Using extraordinary claims to teach critical thinking. Fireballs spotted over western U.S. as Chinese rocket burns up. Season of the witch: why young women are flocking…

Ice crystals cause ‘triple sunrise’ in Russian city – in pictures. Chelyabinsk, the city made famous by a meteorite that exploded over its skies two years ago, was witness to another rare phenomenon on Tuesday: a triple sunrise over the morning sky. The combination of low temperatures, estimated to be –25C, and clear skies enabled…

Tattoo removal as simple as rubbing lotion on it? This new $6 cream promises to painlessly fade your tattoos away. A Canadian uni student has invented a new tattoo removal cream that makes the ink fade away forever by replacing the ink-filled cells with new, clean cells. So Alec Falkenham, a PhD student in the…

Amazing! Original Magna Carta Copy Found in Scrapbook. An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered in a scrapbook in Kent, England. The tattered document dates back to 1300, 85 years after King John of England was compelled to sign the first agreement limiting the rights of kings. This version was issued by…

Seriously, NOT a good move. Norway care home hired psychic for exorcism. A municipal care home in Norway has been slammed for “poor judgement” after managers hired a clairvoyant to drive out evil spirits because staff were spooked by random flickering lights. Lasse Svenstrup Andersen, an official from the local Agder County governor’s office, ruled…

Measles update: It’s affecting several states now (including CA, AZ, OR, UT, WA, NE and possibly PA) and in Mexico, prompting the CDC to issue a health advisory. Arizona officials have confirmed seven cases just days before the Super Bowl is held there. Officials: Up to 1K possibly exposed to measles in Ariz. With as…

Wow. Poor thing! Tough cookie. Zombie Cat: Buried Kitty Believed Dead, Meows Back to Life – ABC News. A cat in Florida that was hit by a car and then buried is apparently back from the dead. The cat’s owner, Hutson, 52, said he found Bart the cat two weeks ago in the middle of…